WHEN ISRAEL’S BLINDNESS IS OVER

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By Ken Blue

“ For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:” Romans 11:25-26.
(From Isaiah 53)

The prophet foresaw Israel’s blindness, concerning their coming King.
He was too comely for their pride; and the salvation He would bring.

Rejected and unknown; holding no beauty for blinded eyes.
Blindness continues to this day; as Jesus goes unrecognized.

Set aside temporally; scattered throughout distant lands,
While God builds His mystery church; Scripture calls “one new man.”

When the last soul has been added, to the one Body of Christ
Israel’s program starts again; to their land they’ll be enticed.

When they are back in their land, they will know He was the Christ.
And the Lamb they led to slaughter; was sins ultimate price.

When their blindness has been removed, their Scriptures they’ll understand;
And see the One dying on the tree, was God’s perfected plan.

Israel will then be converted; their nation will be born again
When ask, “Whence those wounds?” He’ll say, “These I received in the house of My friends.”

O glorious day is coming, when Israel regains her sight!
Earth will be filled with His presence, the nations will walk in His light!

WHERE ARE THE MIRACULOUSLY HEALED?

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WHERE ARE THE HEALED?

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By Ken Blue

“And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” Job 2:4.

If Satan ever made a statement that is 99% true, it has to do with what men and women are willing to do or spend in order to be healed. If you don’t believe that, just write a book on healing or start a healing ministry. The naive will buy all the books and attend all the healing seminars, and the charlatans will head for the bank with your money.

Now, don’t misunderstand me; I believe that Jesus, the Twelve and appointed apostles had healing power during the transition period from the Law to this dispensation of grace. After the church has been raptured to heaven, God will once again restore miracle working power to certain Jews. However, today grace reigns and those biblical miracles, and miracle workers are not present.

Over a year ago I sent out the following challenge to anyone to who can meet it. As of today, not one person has responded to it. Here is the challenge I gave and the questions I ask: “This explains why the blind, the deaf, the cripple, the dead, and those with terminal diseases are not healed today. You may disagree with me, but if you believe the miracles of the Kingdom offer are still present; can you give me the name and address of one believer, you personally know, who can raise the dead, heal AIDS patients, restore the terminally ill and the retarded? Do you personally know anyone who can walk on water, feed a multitude with a handful of food, or turn the water to wine? Why not? Didn’t Jesus tell His disciples that they would do greater miracles than He did? (John 14:12). In fact, if it was not for the grace of God and modern medical science, most people over 40 would be dead!”

[perfectpullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Don’t give your money to faith healers. Give it to missionaries who preach the gospel to the poor![/perfectpullquote]

Don’t waste your time or mine with any attacks on my faith or my trust In God. I have been a believer for over 55 years and pastored over 40 years. I know the Bible, I know what part of it is written to the body of Christ, and I know people. So, the request is simple. Please don’t tell me what you have heard or think you have seen; names and addresses will do.

Thirty-eight years ago, I had 18′′ of my colon removed because of cancer. Today, I have ALS. Neither has shaken my faith in God’s goodness nor caused me to ask “why?” His grace IS sufficient!

If you are sick, pray and ask God to use it for His glory, and then find a good doctor. Don’t give your money to faith healers. Give it to missionaries who preach the gospel to the poor! Find those in your church who will extend comfort and help, as you need it, and who will not attribute your illness to your lack of faith. Those who say such things are without sympathy or brains. I pray that the God of all comfort will comfort you in your trouble.

I’VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO…

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By Ken Blue

“What? know ye not …ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

“I’ve earned the right…” I did say.
“I’ve served my time and paid my way.”
“No one will tell me what I can’t do,
I have rights and they are long overdue.”

Then someone ask, “Are you a Christian, son?
Are you aware of what Jesus has done?
You’re bought with a price; He paid your due.
You are not your own; He purchased you.”

In shame I bowed my guilty head,
“Forgive me God for what I’ve said.
I have no rights; I belong to You.
And by Your grace, I will prove it’s true.”

So, if you’re inclined to speak your mind,
Take heed as you do.
Never say as your on your way,
“I’ve earned the right to…”

ARE YOU GOING TO MISS THE KINGDOM

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INHERITING THE KINGDOM

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By Ken Blue

“ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21.

The following is an explanation of the sins of the flesh from Dake’s Bible Notes. Will you make it into the Kingdom?

1. Adultery: unlawful sexual relations between men and women, single or married (Mt. 15:19; Mk. 7:21; Jn. 8:3; Gal.5:19).

2. Fornication: same as adultery above besides all manner of other unlawful relations.

3. Uncleanness: whatever is opposite of purity; including sodomy, homosexuality, lesbianism, pederasty, bestiality, and all other forms of sexual perversion (Gal. 5:19; Mt. 23:27; Rom. 1:21-32; 6:19.

4. Lasciviousness: licentiousness, lustfulness, unchastity, and lewdness. Lasciviousness is the promoting or partaking of that which tends to produce lewd emotions, anything tending to foster sex sin and lust. That is why many worldly pleasures have to be avoided by Christians — so that lasciviousness may not be committed.

5. Idolatry: image-worship (1Cor. 10:14; Gal. 5:20; Col. 3:5; 1Pet. 4:3). Idolatry includes anything on which affections are passionately set; extravagant admiration of the heart (Eph. 5:5; Col. 3:5).

6. Witchcraft: sorcery, practice of dealing with evil spirits; magical incantations and casting spells and charms upon one by means of drugs and potions of various kinds (Gal. 5:20; Rev. 9:21; 18:23; cp. Rev. 21:8; 22:15.. Enchantments were used to inflict evil, pains, hatred, sufferings, and death, or to bring good, health, love and other blessings.

7. Hatred: enmity; hatred (Gal. 5:20). Bitter dislike, abhorrance, malice and ill will against anyone; tendency to hold grudges against or be angry at someone.

8. Variance: Rom. 1:29. Dissensions, discord, quarreling, debating; and disputes.

9. Emulations: envies, jealousies; striving to excel at the expense of another; seeking to surpass and out do others; uncurbed rivalry spirit in religion, business, society, and other fields of endeavor.

10. Wrath: “indignation” (Rom. 2:8); and “fierceness” (Rev. 16:19; 19:15). Turbulent passions; domestic and civil turmoils; rage; determined and lasting anger.

11. Strife: Disputations; jangling; strife about words; angry contentions; contest for superiority or advantage; strenuous endeavor to equal or pay back in kind the wrongs done to one.

12. Seditions: divisions, parties, and factions (Gal. 5:20). Popular disorder; stirring up strife in religion, government, home, or any other place.

13. Heresies: a choosing, hence, a sect. The word heretic is used once in Scripture (Tit. 3:10), and means one who holds a heresy; a dissenter, nonconformist.

14. Envyings: Pain, ill will, and jealousy at the good fortune or blessings of another; the most base of all degrading and disgraceful passions.

15. Murders: to kill; to spoil or mar the happiness of another; hatred (1Jn. 3:15).

16. Drunkeness: Living intoxicated; a slave to drink; drinking bouts.

17. Revellings: rioting (Rom. 13:13). Lascivious and boisterous feastings, with obscene music, and other sinful activities; pleasures; carousings.

“There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us.” Edward Wallis Hoch, Marion (Kansas) Record (1849 – 1925)

THE FINAL JUDGMENT

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By Ken Blue

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them…” Revelation 20:11.

Appearance stern and countenance of stone;
He seated Himself on a Great White Throne.

Sinners were called from each dispensation;
To hear their fate, and their destination.

Witnesses were summoned to testify;
And sinners were asked for their alibi.

Conscious was then called to the witness stand,
Swearing to the truth; he raised his right hand.

“Do you know the accused?” Conscious was asked.
“I do,” He said; “his conversion, my task.”

“He forced me out, while refusing my call,
Until my voice, was scarcely heard at all.”

To the witness stand next, was called the Law;
Was ask to attest what he knew and saw.

“I reasoned with his conscious every day,
But he cast aside and pushed me away.”

Creation was called to the witness stand;
With no place to hide, he saw every man.

“I spoke each one’s language; in every land.
They refused to listen or understand.”

When ask for a verdict, each did agree;
Light was rejected; and all were guilty.

The Judge stood up in His dazzling array,
Sentenced to hell; they were all sent away.

Avoid this judgment and its coming date;
By trusting Jesus before it’s too late.